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School Police

I attended my first PTO meeting a the beginning of this month. As the meeting got underway I was surprised to be told Our School Police men are paid with the PTO funding. I Have searched for information on this as i completely dont understand why that would even be necessary. Is this correct? It doesn't seem logical since they are through the Police Department. Thank you in advance!
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Hi there,
That's an interesting one. One would think they would be paid by the school department, not the parent group. You may need to do a little digging on this. It sounds like a situation where the PTO may had been asked to cover this cost -- perhaps it was not in the school budget -- and the situation has persisted. This is something that should be discussed by the group, however, and the topic of funding the police should be revisited. Rose
- Rose H
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